New retail tenants are being sought for space currently occupied by Zellers stores in Windsor and Leamington that are slated to close in March.

Primaris Retail REIT, which owns Tecumseh Mall and three other Canadian malls with Zeller stores that will close, said in its third quarter financial report Thursday that it is looking to bring new tenants to those locations. Three of the leases with Zellers’ parent, Hudson’s Bay Co., will terminate by April 30 next year and the fourth could be cancelled with six months’ notice, the report says.

The Zellers location in Leamington in a mall at 250 Erie St. S. is one of 52 across Canada that is being advertised as available for sublease in a flyer by U.S.-based DJM Realty. The flyer describes the locations as a “Canadian expansion opportunity.”

Officials with Effort Trust, which owns the Leamington mall did not return calls Wednesday and Thursday.

“HBC is continuing to look at options for the Zellers locations not acquired by Target,” spokeswoman Tiffany Bourre said in an email.

Hudson’s Bay revealed in July it was closing 64 Zellers stores after selling another 189 Zellers leases to Target, including one at Devonshire Mall that is slated to open as a Target store in the spring.

A third Zellers in Windsor on Huron Church Road was closed in the summer and has since been converted to a FreshCo.

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